You can also write directly onto documents themselves, with all your word-circling and underlining and margin-scribbling saved as you go to review later. This is especially handy when it comes to PDFs, as changes you make are synced to Dropbox automatically when you have Wi-Fi, so you can move between your Elipsa, PC and phone and keep your notes.

For me personally the Elipsa is an interesting novelty, but I’m not sure I could fold it into my routines full-time. For example there was a nice analogue warmth to scrawling most of this article by hand while curled up in an armchair, but it wasn’t functionally easier than tapping it out on my phone. Meanwhile the big screen is perfect for magazines, grayscale-friendly comics and note-taking, but most other e-readers are more conveniently sized for taking with you.

With all that said, I can see it really appealing to e-reader fans who also tend to do a lot of work on paper. If you ever print things out to mark them up, fill notepads with writing or drawing that you later have to transcribe or scan, or just wish you could write all over your library books, this could be the device for you.

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